Charisma

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Charisma

The Art of Communication

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I dedicate this book to those who want a place for new beginnings.

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“To believe your own thought,

to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true

for all men, -- that is genius. Speak your latent conviction,

and it shall be the universal sense; for the inmost in due time

becomes the outmost, -- and our ﬁrst thought is rendered

back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgement. Familiar as

the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe

to Moses, Plato, and Milton is that they set at naught books

and traditions, and spoke not what men, but what they

thought. A man should learn to detect and watch the gleam

of light which ﬂashes across his mind from within, more the

lustre of the ﬁrmament of bards and sages...”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Charisma

The Art of Communication

Throughout your lifetime

you have probably encountered many who possess a magnetism. Their essence seems to shine, drawing you deep within their thoughts. They seem to have tapped a limitless source of power in transmitting their ideas. These people command respect. They are people who have something to say, never fearing that no one will listen.

Charisma is the quality of such a person. The word itself often seems to imply an illusively mystical concept diﬃcult to deﬁne. Actually, charisma describes the qualities of a person who focuses his attention within, then directs this outward to others.

John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy were noted for their charismatic personalities. Their words and actions are repeatedly recalled by every type of individual from historians and politicians to construction workers. A charismatic person can take the thought of another individual and give it permanent life. Robert Kennedy did this with a now famous quote created by playwright George Bernard Shaw: “Some people see things as they are and ask why. I dream of things that never were and say why not?”

Shaw’s writings, although not noted for the previous quote, bear the charismatic stamp as do those of Shakespeare, Emerson, Twain or Wordsworth, all the great

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Five-time nomineee Cate Blanchett won an Academy Award (2009) portraying four-time Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn in “The Aviator” (2009). Gable won his Oscar for “It Happened One Night” while George Clooney, sometimes called the Gable of his generation, was nominated as director and writer of one ﬁlm and won supporting actor in 2005 for yet another. Charisma is more than celebrity; it is

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authors in history. They possessed a technique of drawing the reader into their pattern of thought until the reader’s thoughts merged as one with their own. Since the development of the motion picture, actors have become a magnetic attraction for their viewers. Clark Gable, Tyrone Power and Rudolph Valentino all drew toward themselves those of like minds. By no means is charisma limited to the male sex. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, although repeatedly questioned by many, maintains the “mystery” of charisma. So did Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo, and Elizabeth the First.

Throughout history, men and women have attained a certain quality of presentation – a way of projecting themselves to others. This manner of presentation at times may seem an innate or a natural ability, but more often is something which is fostered within the individual’s mind. It takes time, it takes patience, it takes practice. Each one of these individuals commanded respect, and this respect of self demanded respect from others. What was their secret? Each held an ideal and purpose for what they projected to others.

Leaders from all stations in life understand the origin of charisma. With Kennedy, the appeal was limitless from the silent majority to the powerful minority. He projected a concern for each individual in their own right, and each individual he met was receptive to this quality of thought. Each individual or group recognized the mental concern and determination which vibrated throughout his being.

The actors, within their chosen roles, portrayed all types of people. They represented universal symbols that people could relate to and through. Their ideal and purpose was focused on the entertainment of the viewer. Through this medium, their audiences grew to love them for what they were on the screen and what they perceived them to be in real life.

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The

charismatic

_{quality is}

within each

individual,

awaiting

development.

This diagram of the expression of individual conscious-ness, used in the School of Metaphysics since 1973, il-lustrates Self and its vehicle of intelligence, the Mind.

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Each of these individuals displayed a warmth and sincerity in connection with their ideal and purpose. With this attitude of concern and caring, the listener became receptive to the information being projected by this person who so obviously understood the signiﬁcance of what he was saying as well as his manner of presentation. The communication ﬂow was unhampered.

This ability to hold the attention and interest of the audience shows the charisma that each actor or actress is able to project to the viewer, not only in voice but through each movement of the body. Those in the spotlight display charisma, or they ﬁnd themselves no longer in the spotlight at all!

Each individual, being centered, allowed his total being to be focused outward to contact other minds – minds with like thoughts, like attitudes, like or at least similar interests. An ideal and purpose being clearly formulated within mind will awaken a like ideal and purpose in the minds of those one touches.

This communication could not be severed. It was instantaneous, directed and infallible. Each mind touched by these charismatic people gained the stimulus of additional information through the attitude projected. How did it work? There is really no special dispensation. The charismatic quality is within each individual waiting for development. What does it take? -- a love, a respect, and a realization that you are a complete and total individual having worth.

That worth in itself does not make you diﬀerent, it does not make you special. Worth does not make you superior or inferior to anyone else. Each individual is equal to the next regardless of age, background, experience. Each is at his own stage of development being the sum total of his understood experiences. Yet at the very essence of each individual is Light. Each is a manifestation of the imagination and creative power of our Creator. When this is realized the innate equality within each individual is recognized.

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Learning curves are often used in modern educational systems to classify and measure student apti-tude. The School of Metaphysics, a 501(c)(3) not-for-proﬁt educational institute, builds upon those systems to advance learning opportunities for those ready to explore the fron-tier of Mind. What has previously been unconscious in the minds of humankind, can now surface in the waking level of awareness. This is accomplished through practice with ten essential life skills described in the books Master Living and How to Raise an Indigo Child.

The diagram shown here was first used during the POWERS of TEN teaching offered from 2005-2009 at over two dozen colleges and universities in the U.S. It was developed to illustrate the thought form sequence of harmonizing the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. These two parts of mind, along with Superconscious Mind, form the trinity of consciousness comprising the individualized Mind of each individual. It demonstrates clearly that spiritual change - transfigura-tion - is the product of a sequence of events in thought, rather than a mysterious and inexplicable act of an unidentified source.

Precise mental actions produce speciﬁc results giving our physi-cal experiences a deeper meaning. For example, the previously-accept-ed usage for the word “knowing” fell into the information sector of the diagram as it reﬂected an intellectual activity focused in the brain. The developed, mind-focused use of “knowing” describes an intuitive grasp of truth, the mental action producing the learning shift from under-standing to wisdom.

This diagram evolves the learning curve into a learning spiral made possible by the transﬁguration of Self through life experiences. It is in keeping with the purpose of the seven-chakra system and resonates with the Six Emotional Doorways to Love connecting the outer Self with the inner outer Self.

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We are all children of God and that binds each together. Being emanations of Light, we each assume individual expressions of this Light according to our understanding. Within each soul’s progression, diﬀerent levels of understanding can be found; however, at the root of each individual, is the true essence of Light and love. When this is recognized within Self, this is also recognized within others.

One can become a brilliant individual within the conscious mind, storing volumes of information within the brain cells to be utilized at command. This intensiﬁcation of learning will broaden the individual’s spectrum of knowledge at his command, horizontally. However, growth for the progression of Self is dependent on a vertical growth. This requires a realization of what is within, a harmonizing of each division of mind to work as one. This entails taking the horizontal knowledge and applying it in the physical realm so wisdom can be gained. With wisdom the vertical growth increases. This wisdom brings recognition, as our United States forefathers knew, that all men are created equal.

With this attitude manifested within, communication can be a beautiful tool for expressing your thoughts. How do you use this? How do you learn to communicate with whomever you choose whenever you choose?

Of all the keys to charisma, love is the most powerful. Love is the magnetic force which holds all creation together. For instance, take one person whose ideal and purpose is bathed in love. When this person transmits his thought to another, the love is inclusive in his projection. They are not two separate things. The love is immersed in the thought until both become one. This attitude is

sent out to the other person through thoughts, word, and action.

Love holds such charisma and magnetism that even a stubborn person can be melted. This is the meeting of the minds, the merging of thoughts. However, if you are persistent with one who seems stubborn, the love factor within your

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“When I speak of love

I am not speaking of some sentimental

and weak response which is little more than emotional bosh. I

am speaking of that force which all of the great religions have

seen as the supreme unifying principle of life. Love is somehow

the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.”

–Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nobel Lecture given December 11, 1964

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ideal and purpose will soon erode the seemingly defensive barrier the listener has placed around himself.

Let’s look at love for a moment. I have said that love is that magnetic attraction which holds all of creation together. What does that mean? Love in itself has many meanings, many faces. There is the love of a mother for her child, that of giving and caring for the new individual. There is the love of a child for his parents, a consistent taking in the form of knowledge, guidance and example. There is the love of friendship, a caring between two individuals sharing common interests, a like ideal and purpose. There is the love between a man and a woman, a maturing aspect which can imply limitless freedom or restriction through possessiveness.

Possessiveness itself is not love, for you truly cannot possess anyone. If each person is an individual unto himself, then how can we ever possess another human being? In the School of Metaphysics, we end each class with what is called a Circle of Love. Within this circle, the ﬁnal words which are passed from person to person are, “I love you just because you are.”

Let’s take a look at that. “I love you” is that mental concern projected from yourself to another. A mental concern not of worry, but a caring, a compassion, an empathy, for what that person expresses, thinks and feels. “Just because you are” means just because you exist. If we are truly equal, with no one inferior or superior, then wouldn’t it make sense that love has no restrictions, no limitations, no possessiveness?

Each individual is truly important in his own right. Consider, what would your friends do if you weren’t there? Your wife or husband, your parents, your employer, your employees? Think of all the individuals you come into contact with during one day’s time. Each, you touch in some way through your presentation of self. If you present yourself with anger, you will inﬂuence those individuals with anger. If you present yourself with irritation, you will project

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Eros

is love based upon sexual attractiveness.

Storge

is the love between family members.

Philia

is a sense of brotherly love beyond bloodlines.

Agape

is the highest form of love

when the personal self is transcended,

one’s own needs are fulﬁlled through serving others.

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that: If you present yourself with resentment you will project that. For instance, how many times has a friend’s unseemingly purposeless remark aﬀected you, drastically changing your attitude? Careless remarks are an indication that our thoughts are not controlled. Often our intention is not to inﬂict a hurt upon another person, yet unpremeditated remarks will often spur this reaction in another. Granted, you are not responsible for another’s perception of your word or action; however, if there is a realization of your thoughts, your mental and emotional processes, then you can begin to place these where you desire, when you desire.

How many times have you gotten up on the wrong side of the bed? Perhaps, you overslept, ran out of toothpaste, put on two different colors of socks. Then when you finally made it to your car to drive to work, you realized you were almost out of gas which made you lose ten more minutes. By the time you walked in the office, the anger within yourself reflected outward to you coworkers. They were influenced by the irritability you projected. The first moments of the day seemed to set a pattern for the remainder of the day simply because you chose not to control your attitude. This is merely one illustration of how your attitude is projected to others.

So if you project yourself with love in whatever you’re doing, that love will also ﬁnd a home in the listener. The love planted and cultivated in the listener will soon become a part of him and he in turn will begin projecting love. With both of you projecting love, the geometric progression will spread this attitude proportionately.

The eleventh commandment given by Jesus in the New Testament _{is to love}

your neighbor. He also stresses the inclusion of your enemies within this love. If you will be honest with yourself, you are your own worst enemy. This, in itself, is a negative force which drains the positive expression of your personality. How then, can you project the charisma you are earnestly seeking? If you are to truly feel the essence of love or charisma, you must begin with yourself, by

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#2

The Silver Rule

Do not harm to others

that you would not wish

to befall yourself.

– Kung Fu Tze (Confucius)

#1 The Brass Rule

We are One in the Spirit

– Indigenous Peoples around the world

The

Rules

for

Eternal Life

While attending the 1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions, I was gifted a copy of “The Golden Rule around the World”, a poster distributed by Integral Yoga International. It expressed the sentiment of the Christian “love ye one another” as taught through other religions. Since then my studies of Holy scrip-tures have encouraged me to perceive a progression of the whole Self through what I think of as....

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#3

The

Golden Rule

Do unto others

as you would have them

do unto you.

–Jesus of

Nazareth, who became the Christ

#4 The Platinum Rule

I AM another Your Self

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“A wise man should consider

that health is the greatest

of human blessings,

and learn how by his own

thought to derive beneﬁt

from his illnesses.”

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Your thoughts are things.

For many, this is a diﬃcult concept to grasp. Many would prefer to think that their thoughts are uncontrollable, that their mind indeed has a “mind” of its own, that their intelligent direction is not responsible for the creations of their mind. Thought is a creation of mind, and the individual being mind must accept the responsibility of its creations. Thought is a noun. It is a thing, and each thought you have will gather energy from its reﬁned beginning, becoming grosser and denser until what was once an idea becomes a physical reality.

This works in all areas of life, within those who succeed and those who fail, those who are contented and those who are miserable, within those who are healthy and those who are ill.

A sure way to discover the power of your thought is to retrace your attitudes to the last illness you experienced. Take your thoughts back in time and space, reviewing your thoughts at that time. Review your actions, the people and circumstances prior to that illness. Review your attitude toward self and toward others. Keeping this in mind, view the illness as it began, as it progressed, and as it ﬁnally ended.

Thoughts, being things, are the cause of all eﬀects. Your attitudes prior to the illness, created that illness. If you will be honest with yourself in looking at that illness, you will see the mental origin of the physical experience.

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From an Intuitive Health Analysis

“ ...We see that emotionally there is a great deal of dependency that this one does fight. We see that it does make this one reticent to become open and giving and loving with others, although, this one has great affection and is outwardly very affectionate when she wants to be.

We see that this one can be equally harsh in her rejection and we see that this is a particular emotional burden for this one of constantly experiencing this kind of pushing and pulling, a kind of tearing and conﬂict emotionally. Would suggest that this one cease ﬁghting her own inner urge and begin exploring it, begin investing this one’s time, and energy and thought in pursuing knowledge and understanding of this one’s soul and this one’s inner urgings toward that which will cause wisdom in this one. This is the guiding light that will bring this one out of the turmoil and rebellion, rejection and loneliness, and into the ideals that this one holds dear.

Within the physical system we see that there is a kind of weakening of the heart muscle particularly in the area of the ventricles. We see that this is in the very early stages but we see that because of the way the energy is utilized there is signiﬁcant eroding that is occurring here. We see that it is manifesting at the present time period in there not being complete rejuvenation of the cellular

tissue here therefore within each life cycle there is deterioration that is noted in the construction, the fabric, the resilience of this muscle.

We see that at the present time period it does somewhat aﬀect the blood pressure, although this is slight. We see that it aﬀects more the interaction in the cardiovascular system, the interaction between the heart and the lungs. Deep rhythmic breathing would be very helpful for this one in causing there to be a slowing down of the heartbeat and the breath. We would suggest that this one learn ways to use the mind and the physical breath to strengthen these two systems. This would greatly help in the rejuvenation of tissue here. ...” (11-08-97-BGC-03)

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For instance, I knew a woman who was discontented with Self. Her life seemed to have little purpose other than the centering around her husband. The husband likewise was discontented with Self and the responsibility imposed upon him by the wife. He reﬂected his dissatisfaction upon the marriage and family. In search of greater peace within, he sought acceptance and comfort in a diﬀerent type of love. The wife upon discovering his behavior, kept all attitudes of condemnation within, all stress, anxiety, and feelings of failure. This created a situation within the wife of not understanding the cause or

eﬀect of the situation.

Finally, the tension expressed itself through the attitude of failure to Self, husband, and family, culminating in the physical manifestation of a heart attack. She did not understand her repressed thoughts were creating an internal conﬂict which she felt was entirely beyond her control, hence, there was the desire to withdraw from the physical existence. With seemingly no purpose for Self to continue, there was not the need for the physical body, and this desire triggered the action of the illness.

At this time, this lady did not die; however, she used the illness to inﬂict guilt upon the husband which he, being discontented within Self, readily accepted into his attitudes. This question of use and misuse is of the utmost importance, and oﬀers more to the case of controlling thoughts, realizing that thoughts are indeed things. With the knowledge of how to control your thoughts comes responsibility, for when one is in control, the intention is of the utmost importance.

The master of thought should always remember to “Call no man your father upon the earth; for one is your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 23:9). This requires the realization of the conscious mind and the ego, or that part which functions in the physical. Controlling the outer mind and placing the mental attention at all times upon the Superconscious Mind, your Father points your intelligence toward your ideals. The eﬀects of thinking – the joy, misery, hope,

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In the coming evolutionary age,

man will become the

Son of God, seeing his true Father

by harmonizing the

conscious and subconscious minds

to attune that attention to the

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despair, fear, faith – are things. They are eﬀects. Allow them to be as they are, for they are not the causes.

That which walks, talks and breathes within you is God. You cannot be separated from it. Your intending mind is the only sovereign agent in your life: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

The father of anything is the source of that thing. It is the progenitor of all form, development and experience: – It is the cause. There is nothing in the world that can cause you harm or limit your potential until it entraps your mind. No person, place or thing can bless or hurt until it receives attention from your mind. This is the freedom rightfully ours as children of God.

As children of God we remain unaware of our source, having not yet entered into the sonship ascribing the power of creation to things, conditions, people, and all sorts of mental imaginings. In the coming evolutionary age, man will become the Son of God, seeing his true Father by harmonizing the conscious and subconscious minds to attune that attention to the Superconscious Mind. Each individual is in a growing understanding of balance and harmony. The constant rehearsal of placing the power of creation without, strains the emotions to become depressed in sadness, blinding us momentarily from our true origin and the spiritual potential present within the Self.

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What we are is the result

of what we have thought,

_{is built by our thoughts, is made up of our thoughts.}

If one speaks or acts with an impure thought,

suﬀering follows one,

like the wheel of the cart follows the foot of the ox.

What we are is the result

of what we have thought,

_{is built by our thoughts, is made up of our thoughts.}

If one speaks or acts with a pure thought,

happiness follows one,

like a shadow that never leaves.

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Emotions are powerful in our lives.

The will, or the intention, is the steering wheel for all thought. Once emotions have been tuned in a certain direction, they are often compulsive and ruthless in pursuing that course. The way to break this trend is to will the mind in a more beneﬁcial direction. “Call no man on earth your Father.” In other words, it’s not what happens to you, but what you think of what happens to you that makes the diﬀerence between happiness and misery.

Your attitude at all times becomes important. Why is this true? If you will, consider an artist. An artist will take his paints and palette to a countryside. Perched upon a hill, he will sit for hours observing all around him until within his mind he begins to create a picture. His thoughts, his reality of what he is seeing and perceiving from the outward stimulus of sky, trees, farms, and people, will become a part of his mental picture. He will become the vibrations that his eyes are capturing. He will lovingly caress those vibrations with his mind until his entire personality and body pulsate rhythmically with the universe. He will transfer his perception of what he is seeing onto the canvas. This is a mental process of creation at its ﬁnest.

Likewise, the author will mentally carry his thought through the printed word in order to reach others. The author, like the painter, feels, tastes, hears, smiles and perceives the ﬂowing picture as the image within his mind is transferred into descriptive words that will in time be translated back into a descriptive picture by the reader. This is charisma in action. To be able to feel and become the things you are describing is an important step in developing charisma. The chair on which you are sitting was ﬁrst a mental creation before it became

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E = MC

2

One of Albert Einstein’s great in-sights was to realize that matter and energy are really diﬀerent forms of the same thing. Matter can be turned into energy, and energy into matter.

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Without thought there would be no universe. Without thought you would not exist. Without thought there would be no purpose for existence. In the evolution of man’s scientiﬁc research, early thought was that the world was made of particles – a thing. The concept of the world was that everything was matter. For instance, taking a complete unit such as the physical body and breaking it down into systems, organs, cells, molecules. So at this time to scientists, the world was a thing, or a noun.

Then with further developments and research, the world began to take on a diﬀerent form, that of energy. Within each atom, particles of electrons and protons were discovered, and within these were more reﬁned energy sources termed photons, an electromagnetic wave of Light. These expressions of energy suddenly changed the world from a noun to a verb. Energy implied motion of change, not tangible but a vibratory message contained within the energy.

In recent developments, scientists have again increased their awareness and perspective, now implying that everything in the world is neither a noun nor verb, rather everything is a state of being or consciousness. Everything is ultimately thought. This new avenue within the discoveries in the scientiﬁc principles of parapsychology, indicate that man indeed is “psychic” by nature. That the innate qualities inexplicable to many, are really the innate potentials

within us all. The source of this quality is thought. What activates this source within each individual is will-- a desire for communication within Self, a desire for a working concept of what thought is, its origin, its expansion, its manifestation.

So the importance of thought as the point of origin for each thing which you see in the physical becomes intrinsically related to the individual. Your thoughts reﬂect your attitude toward your environment and toward your Self.

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Each thought you have, if uncontrolled, will run its course rampantly, touching others with no intelligent guidance; nevertheless, it will reach out and touch others in accordance with its quality. Your thoughts are causes and create eﬀects of the situations which you encounter. Your mental attitude will dictate how you respond to each experience.

For instance, take identical twins. One will excel in school, gaining great knowledge through continuous absorption in study and preparation. The other will allow his attitude to manifest through experience, and he will likewise learn if the experiences are understood. Each experience is valid to the individual and each is dictated by thought or attitude.

Or consider another attitude, that of fear. Your friends may fear flying in an airplane. But you, logically considering the situation, do not entertain such a thought. You, having considered this at length, evaluate statistical evidence of highway fatalities and accident records, deciding there is proportionately less danger in flying than driving. You also consider time, distance and cost factors. You are formulating a total picture including the advantages and disadvantages of flying; whereas, your friends’ incomplete thought is centered on a fear of the unknown. This fear of things unexperienced stems form not understanding the origin of thought, not controlling your thought’s direction.

Whatever your thought is, that’s where your attention is. That’s where you’ve placed your mind and its creations. Your attention, like your thought, is a thing. You, as controller of your mind, can place your attention where you desire. If you will, think of it as an object which can be moved as you would move a chair. You are where your attention is. If your attention is in the past, on things which have already been experienced then that is where your thoughts are. If your attention is on the future, on things that might occur, then that is where your thought is. If you place your attention on the task at hand, no matter what you are doing, that is where your thought will be.

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A Universal Truth is:

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Placing the past and future in the proper perspective allows you the freedom to learn as much as possible from the present situation. Why take unnecessary time living in the past or future, when in doing so you will miss the learning opportunities of today? For what you do today will determine how much you have learned in the past, how much you have grown, and what your direction will be in the future.

An old Buddhist parable illustrates this. A young man sought the advice of a sage, saying, “Master, I have a terrible temper; can you cure me?”

The master replied, “Show this temper to me.”

“Well,” the young man answered, “ I cannot show it to you just now, it comes and goes.”

Whereupon the sage answered, “Then it is no part of you.”

When you can learn to deal with all thoughts of your mind in this manner, then you will begin to control your mind, realizing that it is not what is happening to you, but what you think of what is happening to you that determines the amount of control you will gain. Place your attention where you desire, for that is where you will be at all times.

When you control your thoughts, you really can have anything you desire. When you are in control, you can formulate the ideal and purpose for what you want, your desired goal. Within this ideal and purpose, you will project the activity necessary to bring about the completion of that goal. Within this mental process of thought controlled by the will, as with the artist you will create a painting, or as with the architect you’ll create a house, or as with the designer you’ll create the chair you’re sitting on.

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Ideal ...

_{the conception of something}

in its perfected form

Purpose ...

_{determining something}

as an end to be attained, intention

Activity ...

_{the quality of will}

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Discovering your ideal and purpose

often seems an immense task to many. It entails the use of the will in making a decision as to exactly what you want. Having decided what is desired, there must be the continuing of the mental process of all the necessary people, places and things that will bring about the manifestation of that desire. Within the ideal and purpose are the intentions for what that desire is.

Many are able to create an ideal and purpose for any given situation; however, they fail when it comes to the third and equally important aspect of the completion of the creative mind – this being activity. Many people are great thinkers, many have brilliant ideas about what can be done to beneﬁt situations; however, when the point is reached that activity be placed with this ideal and purpose, many falter not being able to carry through the action begun in mind.

It takes the triad to be successful. The person with ideal, purpose and activity, who uses the creativity in the mind, projecting this into the physical through activity, becomes a da Vinci, a Frank Lloyd Wright, or an Einstein. These geniuses reﬂected the potential within each individual. They showed a knowledge of mind and a utilization of the potential creativity within mind. Each individual has this capacity with greater self knowledge and determination of the will. Each can foster his own growth in whatever manner or direction is desired. By utilizing the will, you will create your loves and hates, desires and fears, aspirations and failures. You will begin to create and control what you are, where you are and why you are through your understanding.

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From an Intuitive Health Analysis

This one tends to compromise. She tends to settle for what this one believes is possible rather than to challenge her own

imagination, to move beyond what exists. We see that as a result this one has a very even keel, this one has a very moderated life but it is not satisfying to her for it does not really accomplish what she is here to do. Therefore, until this one is willing to reach for that which is beyond her extension both mentally and physically this one will tend to grow very slowly, will tend to rely much more heavily upon the environment for growth than upon herself which would cause the acceleration of growth. This one will continue to compromise the real reason why she exists within the physical world.

This one derives much from interactions with others and is very attentive and very intelligent in her assessment of new ideas or situations. However, when she becomes more familiar she loses this keenness of judgment and it is a bedevilment to her in that it does cause her to become complacent and to begin to compromise rather than to move herself forward and to excel. ... We see that this one needs to incorporate into her life her

imaginative ideas. She is very talented , she can cultivate it into genius but it will require this one being far more imaginative, willful, uncompromising than this one has tended to be. There is much anxiety that this one has built surrounding the idea that if this one does not bend, alter, mold, change , her ideas to suit the situation or others, then this one will lose something or this one will experience pain. In reality it is a lingering pain of neglecting or sacriﬁcing her own ideals that will be the source of the greatest sorrow in this one’s life. Not the momentary pain that may arise because of discord or disagreement, or pain be it mental, emotional or physical. This one has a great capacity for creating and healing and she does not know this now because she has not been willing to transform. Would suggest that this be done. (11-08-97-BGC-04)

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On the first encounter, this may seem like an immense undertaking for many; however, the process is very simple once the first step is taken. So in that first step we come full circle back to love – for love of self, that which is the real you, is the most important beginning to accomplishing anything you desire.

Your attitude toward self will be projected toward others at all times, so if indeed you want to cultivate the charisma within yourself, you must control your attitude towards Self. Our attitude towards ourselves is often as complicated as our attitude towards others – sometimes more so.

The commandment “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” could be interpreted as thou shalt love thyself properly, then you will love your neighbor. Love truly begins within, for when a respect and mental concern for self is cultivated, then you can project that to others without restrictions and limitations. It seems ironic that often in our search to love others, we forget to love ourselves. When one is constantly focused out, loving others but ignoring self, this attitude often manifests in a detrimental type of love; the possessiveness, the jealousy, the anger, the resentment. If you are centering your energy outward in the environment, you are not in control. Should something happen to the object of your aﬀection, then these emotions which are uncontrolled, will haphazardly rule your attitudes.

Emotions can be a beautiful tool if understood and controlled. This too, is a realization within each individual of potential and of mind. The emotions are what tie the conscious mind to the subconscious mind. Without control of the emotions, there cannot be utilization of the full potential of the creativity in the subconscious mind. There have been many who have lacked emotional control expressing great creativity, but this was not directed or channeled in any direction. Van Gogh is an example of this. If the energy is directed there will be an increasing agility with the creativity from within. Without control, the expression is erratic as the emotions ﬂuctuate.

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The Emotional Level of

Consciousness connects

the inner Mind with the

outer Mind. Thought seeks

to express itself completely,

to manifest its likeness

in all forms. To do so,

thought must mature in

each of the inner levels of

consciousness in Subconscious Mind. Toward

this end, the power to materialize thought lies

in our ability to emote. Thus energy acts in the

Emotional Level and re-acts in the Physical Level

of Consciousness. Illustrating the movement of

intelligence and energy in Mind, the diagram is

the result of decades of experience with Kundalini.

It is one of several created for the book

The Six Emotional

Doorways to Love

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How many times have you forgotten about Self, placing expectations on the culmination of your achievements on the environment, rather than upon Self? This emotional attachment to situations, on the eﬀects rather than the cause, brings disharmony within. Many will complain about being discontented or unhappy, continually striving for an elusive peace within the environment without looking at Self. This attitude is often manifested because it takes great responsibility to realize that you, the individual, create all circumstances and events that determine your happiness or misery. Many would rather place the blame for their unhappiness on things outside of Self, on people, places, or things, than place the responsibility where it belongs – on Self.

It is not necessary to become emotionally attached to things outside of Self. One does not require the attitude of allowing the emotions to control thoughts. If the attitude is manifested within, that each experience is caused by his thought, then each experience will begin to take on an aura of learning. Each circumstance will be viewed as a chance for growth, as an opportunity for more self knowledge and awareness rather than an opportunity to ﬂuctuate in the emotions. Uncontrolled emotions hamper growth, but when emotions are received and each situation is viewed as a learning experience there is a greater opportunity for understanding, wisdom and progression.

This in no way implies that experiencing through the emotions is detrimental to growth. Emotions are a beautiful tool when understood. They should be utilized, for they are the connecting link between the conscious and subconscious minds. They should not be suppressed or repressed. To deny or push aside your emotions, ignoring them as if they do not exist, is as detrimental to growth as allowing them to run their course. One must receive the emotions, whether love, hate, joy, fear, one by one, working with the origin -- cause seeing the development clearly and objectively. Then the control and channeling of the emotions can occur for the best way to beneﬁt Self. This in turn will beneﬁt others. If a love of Self is developed, a centering within, then you will project that into your environment without attachments, restrictions

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From an Intuitive Health Analysis

We see within this one there is a fear of success. We see that this one has imaged for a long period of time that in order for this one to achieve what this one considers to be success this one does need to give up what this one wants and what this one is attached to. Would suggest to this one that there is a need for this one to evaluate ideals that this one has formulated and held on to for a long period of time. For we see that many of these are based upon false assumptions, many of these are based upon partial images that have resulted from this one viewing eﬀect rather than understanding cause.

We see that there is a need for this one to un-derstand cause and we do see that although this one does have knowledge of this in this one’s thinking, this one focuses upon effects and how to produce effects rather than under-standing cause and initiating from a point of cause. Would suggest to this one that as this one changes this way of thinking there will be a much greater sense of security, a much greater sense of flexibility, and a much greater willing-ness to respond, rather than fearing change. We see within the emotional system there is a tendency for this one to react to what this one considers to be crisis and we see that this is a primary way that this one motivates the self. We see that as a result of this there are often times that this one’s emotions are very sensitive and this one does tend to cause this as a way of bringing attention to the needs of the self. Would suggest to this one that it would benefit this one to learn how to accurately interpret the experiences of the emotions for we see that, oftentimes when this one is nearing the fulfilment of this one’s desires, this one becomes afraid then does create some kind of crisis situation that this one can then react to. This does keep this one from identifying the ways this one does create and does near fulfillment of desires. Counseling could be of some benefit to this one in this regard in identifying this pattern of thinking and reaction. ... (01-02-1996-LJC-01)

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or limitations on the love you project. To deny or push aside your emotions, ignoring them as if they do not exist, is as detrimental to growth as allowing them to run their course.

Some may say that love of Self is a dangerous attitude of selfishness. These people will advise that this attitude is an intensified selfishness, stressing that human beings love themselves too much already. They may even go so far as to say that people must be taught that Self-love is evil, something to be conquered. They believe the true goal of life is the rejection of Self through denial and a channeling of energy into altruistic service to others.

This condemnation of Self-love in favor of the altruistic attitude may be a worthy goal, but there is one grave error in this estimation of reasoning man. Is it really true that we spontaneously love ourselves? Evidence indicates this is a fallacy. Many may wish to love themselves, but the fact is, most treat themselves more rigidly, more restrictively, more vengefully, than they do others.

One psychiatrist has concluded that “the sense of sin is the chief reason found in mental illness.” A sense of sin is a feeling of unworthiness and Self-rejection due to errors experienced. The rational mind breaks down when it is not centered because it cannot feel digniﬁed. When it feels unworthy it expects nothing good, suspecting all things as threats and enemies. As such an emotional pattern develops, it becomes uncontrolled, compulsive and habitual. Even in the midst of dignifying circumstances, this attitude forces one to return to the familiar feeling of unworthiness,– a sense of unworthiness and Self-rejection due to errors experienced.

For one who cares for others, guilt is one of the most powerful driving forces. When one is centered around the environment, the individual ﬁnds it very easy to feel guilty. This stems from a set of requirements established for Self according to what is correct and incorrect. When one makes a mistake or does something he considers incorrect, there is often a feeling of unworthiness.

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During an Intuitive Health Analysis, this question was asked...

Any suggestions on how

this one can avoid physical

or mental illness?

“Would suggest to this one that this one creates what

this one imagines. Therefore the ﬁrst step is for this one

to change the way of thinking of attempting to avoid

what this one does not want. For we see that in this

process this one imagines what this one does not want.

Would suggest to this one that there is a need for this

one to become familiar with the Self and what this one

does want. For this one to create very clearly images and

to act on these daily. Suggestions have been given.”

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Many tend to dwell on this feeling, perpetuating it and allowing it to run its course. However, if one will stop and look at the cause of the guilt beginning to work with this on a constructive manner, there will be a sense of completion within Self.

Self degradation, in alcoholism or drug addiction, self-mutilation and suicide prove this to be true. Self hate cultivated within these attitudes illustrate the form of aggression against Self that occurs daily in the lives of men and women. This drains the magnetic outpouring so that no charisma can be seen or felt by others. Most are aware that mental institutions are ﬁlled with extremists who mutilate themselves physically as well as mentally and emotionally, yet the average man and woman deny their own spiritual and mental mutilation in the invisible ways of self-criticism and self-degradation.

If you are prone to guilty feelings, look for the reason behind the guilt. Instead of perpetuating it channel the energy into correcting what is causing the guilt. This requires the use of the will. Will power is making more correct decisions than incorrect decisions. The importance always lies in the fact that decisions are made. Few people are perfect, each growing individual will make many mistakes. The more the will is utilized and decisions are made, the greater the opportunity for error. When errors are seen in their proper perspective they are viewed as experience oﬀering a learning situation to be applied and understood to avoid repeated errors. This builds will power. The mistakes can be valuable learning tools for each individual. The attitudes of self criticism and self degradation will start to disappear with a constructive, positive eﬀort to understand and decrease the amount of mistakes made, gaining wisdom of self and environment.

The work must be done individually. To not respect Self is a crime not only against ourselves and our environment, but against our Creator. These false attitudes of Self are gaining more and more recognition. The person who hates himself or who is totally discontented in the way he presents himself to others,

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dignity and comfort, we come to know peace. We

learn to love our neighbors as we love ourselves

bringing peace into the world. We hereby commit

ourselves to this noble endeavor.

Peace is ﬁrst a state of mind.

Peace aﬀords the greatest opportunity for growth

and learning which leads to personal happiness.

Self-direction promotes inner peace and therefore

leads to outer peace.”

–excerpt from the Universal Peace Covenant

“Through giving love

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does not have a proper regard for his own capacities, compassions or powers. Without respect for Self, there can be no respect for others. At this point, the individual will fall deeper into prejudice, fear and hate, driving the Self farther from the peace, contentment and harmony needed for recognizing the value of the total Self.

Love for Self

is the foundation of peace of mind

and of altruistic service to others.

How do you love yourself? Begin by becoming detached and objective. Review yourself as you talk with others expressing yourself through words and actions and most importantly, through thoughts. Are your thoughts pleasingly calm and balanced, or do they ﬂuctuate from the extreme emotions of elation and depression? Many tend to conveniently forget that when a strong sense of elation is experienced there must be an equal experience on the opposite end of the spectrum in that of depression. All universal laws function within balance, and the man working within these laws must continually strive for a balance within. Our goal as individuals is to bring those actions and reactions closer and closer into harmony until a balance is achieved within Self.

You are the only one who can control your thought. You are also the one who must cultivate the desire for control. No one can take that responsibility for you. Your thoughts are things and each thought you have is a creation of yourself; therefore, you are responsible for it.

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From an Intuitive Health Analysis

We see within this one there is a sadness that arises when this one rec-ognizes that this one has lost something that is important to this one or when this one recognizes that this one is removed from what this one holds to be important. Would suggest to this one that it is necessary for this one to create desires in the present for there is much that this one is at-tached to in the past and that this one thinks that this one has lost and will never again return to and this is in essence true. For we see that this one cannot relive the past nor repeat the past and that in order to change the sadness this one does need to create joy and purpose in the present. ... Would suggest to this one that this one can use the imagination more pro-ductively by ﬁrst of all identifying the qualities or characteristics that this one believes to be appealing about these past experiences or people and then in the present creating situations, circum-stances, associations that will bring forth from within the self similar characteristics or qualities. Would suggest to this one that when there are other people who this one is attached to from the past, that this one identify the qualities that this one believes these other people to have that this one wants for herself and then for this one to develop these qualities in herself. In this way, whether these people are present in the life or not this one can learn about these qualities, develop them and have these forever.

We see within the emotional system that often times this one’s emotions are stimulated when there is something in the environment that stimu-lates this one to be aware of what this one believes to have been lost. We see that often times this one experiences this as being out of control and when in the presence of other people does attempt to stifle this or repress this and that this does cause this one to be further out of control. Would suggest to this one that verbalizing the thoughts at these times would be of benefit as this would aid this one in the identification process of what this one thinks is missing, and it would also aid this one in drawing to the self other people who have similar needs or compatible needs who could aid this one to fulfill her desires.

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Be observant. When you observe your attitudes objectively, they will be placed in their proper perspective. An excellent exercise in understanding those diﬃcult aspects of yourself is to observe someone you dislike. Chances are, you have that quality which you criticize in others within yourself. If you can recognize this, you can begin to understand that aspect within yourself, harmonizing the detrimental qualities.

By observing, you will begin to control those attitudes which you view as detrimental to your own growth as well as others. By viewing yourself objectively, you can see your positive points and begin to cultivate those to beneﬁt Self and in turn beneﬁt others. This is the key to success. Objectivity allows you to see your faults.

Objectivity is not an easy attainment, it requires control of the conscious or carnal ego. This is the part of each individual which insists that they are superior or inferior to another. When one can recognize these attitudes within Self, the beginning of objectivity occurs.

To begin viewing your self objectively, note the traits of others around you. Give attention to what you dislike within each individual: a mannerism, personality trait, or any manner of expression where hostility is fostered within Self, will shed light on the cause and eﬀect relationship of these actions. Thoughts produce the behavior you don’t like. Identify the thoughts in another and you can more easily recognize a remedy, a better thought and action. By applying the same steps to Self, you will begin to be objective with Self gaining a useful tool for growth of the total Self.

For those things which one recognizes as disagreeable within another, always relate to a similar quality within Self. It is not easy to recognize this within Self. It’s much easier to blame the other person for being disagreeable or unworthy. Yet, when such attitudes prevail, the individual views self as superior or inferior to the other. If this can be recognized within, the ego can become a beautiful

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....We see that there is a tendency on both of these ones’ parts to be very private and very secretive about their true thoughts and feelings. We

see that the source of this originates from diﬀerent places, but that for both of these ones there is a kind of imagined fear that there is some-thing that can be taken from them by revealing themselves . Therefore, they keep to themselves what is most important and dear to them. As a result of this these ones cause there to be hurt because these ones do not give completely, do not receive completely and then tend to blame one another for this rather than recognizing that it is their own holding back that is causing the hurt to occur.

Would suggest to these ones that each one individually develop a com-mitment to give completely and to receive completely without regard to placing conditions upon whether this is equal, whether the other one is doing this, whether this is matched between them. It is these kinds of conditions that they place upon one another that keeps them from giv-ing and from experiencgiv-ing the love that they are capable of. This is all. “What speciﬁc qualities do each of us have,” they say, “to give to each other for learning and growth?”

We see that both of these ones are very curious, although, for the one of the female this is more self-directed in that this one is curious about herself. And for the one of the male, this tends to be more outwardly directed in that this one is more curious about the environment or what is outside of himself. These ones can learn from these differences, for it would benefit the one of the male to apply the curiosity to himself. And it would benefit the one of the female to apply the curiosity to her environ-ment. ....

They say, “why are we attracted to each other and how can we use the attraction productively?”

We see that both of these ones tend to doubt themselves and do have aspirations that they are often times insecure about being able to reach and to accomplish. We see that each one of these ones admires the other and therefore stimulates within the other a belief that they can achieve that to which they aspire. (01-29-1997-LJC-04 )

Insight from a

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tool for the individual’s growth and understanding, by in realizing that this attitude of inferiority or superiority is merely a mirror for points to be worked on within. If the tool is used, there will be greater realization of Self and the completion of the whole, functioning Self will be rapidly progressed.

Once you cultivate an attitude of viewing Self as you really are, as others see you, you begin to develop your Self. The development of Self is a fascinating story, ﬁlled with heroes and villains, battles won and lost. Each Self experiences continually, gaining greater understanding and growing closer to maturity. There may be many obstacles and misconceptions, many things not understood by each individual, yet the more understanding gained, the more you project this increasing peace to others.

One of the greatest misconceptions of Self is that the individual is preformed

and unchanging. The Self is not a gift, it is an achievement.

It is not a static reality projected from the mind of God, rather is is an experienced, earned climb over mountains of rock and through valleys of waters. It is a continuous process of change, a culminating progression toward the victorious goal of understanding our full potential as a creator.

Most people have a dual perception of Self, much like two poems – one completely syncopated and rhymed, and another clumsily worded eﬀort. In the development of Self, the goal is to combine the two into one masterpiece of accepting Self “as is”, never losing sight of the goal. In our elated moods, we are often afraid to admit guilt, hatred, or shame as elements of our personality. In a depressed mood, we often do not credit ourselves with the positive achievements which belong to us. When we begin to merge the poems, we begin to see ourselves for what we actually are. We accept both the positive and negative, developing a growing balance.

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The realization of proper Self love

must be an attainment within each individual.

As long as you allow the detrimental attitudes toward Self to envelop you, you cannot help but express a like attitude toward others. In order to present Self with conﬁdence and dignity, the realization must be present that inner growth is taking place. When this realization is present, the mistakes made can be accepted as a process of learning. When this attitude of learning is made manifest within, should mistakes be made, they will be viewed objectively as lessons to learn. In the hands of someone committed to learning, mistakes become valuable tools for Self-growth.

With this presentation of Self, which is constantly evolving, others will recognize the changes. In this way, one develops a respect and love for Self which will be reﬂected toward all others. Proper Self love is of the utmost importance. If the Self is not loved, the neighbor cannot be loved as one’s Self. This is the lesson of Narcissus.

In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a hunter renowned for his physical beauty. Exceptionally proud, he disdained those who loved him. As divine punishment, he fell in love with his own reﬂection in a pool never realizing it was only an image. Captivated by his own beauty - just as others had been all along - he could not leave his own reﬂection and so wasted away into death. To some, this will sound like the antithesis of Self love, a warning against the perils of self-consumption and its sins of vanity. Others will go further realizing the Universal Truth expressed in the thought that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

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T

To ﬁnd true beauty, wo ﬁnd true beauty, we must go deeper than the e must go deeper than the surfsurface. ace. There are three talesThere are three tales of Narcissus’

of Narcissus’ fate. fate. Each aﬀord Each aﬀord insight into what constituteinsight into what constitutes the pitfalls of loves the pitfalls of love and – for those with the eyes to see – it

and – for those with the eyes to see – its components which aws components which await the light of ait the light of understanding from one who seeks

understanding from one who seeks wholeness.wholeness. In the ﬁrst

In the ﬁrst telling, Nartelling, Narcissus spurns a young virgin who prays to Nemesis to takecissus spurns a young virgin who prays to Nemesis to take revenge on him by

revenge on him by making him feel unrequited love. making him feel unrequited love. When he leans toward When he leans toward aa pool of water to drink, he fal

pool of water to drink, he falls in love with his ols in love with his own reﬂection. wn reﬂection. He lingers thereHe lingers there captivated with what he sees just as countless others have been captivated. captivated with what he sees just as countless others have been captivated. Eventually, he realizes he is looking at himself, and having no way to act upon Eventually, he realizes he is looking at himself, and having no way to act upon this love, he beats himsel

this love, he beats himself until the life force is drained from his bodf until the life force is drained from his body. y. His soulHis soul is sent to the darkest hell and the narc

is sent to the darkest hell and the narcissus ﬂower groissus ﬂower grows where he diedws where he died. . It isIt is said that Narcissus gazes at his own image in the river Styx to

said that Narcissus gazes at his own image in the river Styx to this very day.this very day. The second tell

The second telling, sees Narcissus with a twin sister as his hunting partnering, sees Narcissus with a twin sister as his hunting partner. . HeHe falls in love with her and when she dies, he pines for her, pretending that the falls in love with her and when she dies, he pines for her, pretending that the reﬂection he sees in water is the sister he

reﬂection he sees in water is the sister he has lost.has lost.

The third telling reveals how a young man named Ameinias loved Narcissus The third telling reveals how a young man named Ameinias loved Narcissus

and Na

and Narcissus spurnrcissus spurns him. s him. Narcissus Narcissus gives Agives Ameinias a meinias a sword sword which which he useshe uses to kill himself, but not before praying to Nemesis that Narcissus will one day to kill himself, but not before praying to Nemesis that Narcissus will one day know the pain of unrequited love.

know the pain of unrequited love. Narcissus sees himself in the pool becomingNarcissus sees himself in the pool becoming hopelessl

hopelessly infatuated. y infatuated. Overcome by Overcome by repentance, he repentance, he uses his owuses his own sword n sword toto take his life.

take his life.

At first glance, Narcissus’ story describes the perils of misguided self-love. At first glance, Narcissus’ story describes the perils of misguided self-love. When we go beyond a superficial understanding of the story, a trinity of love When we go beyond a superficial understanding of the story, a trinity of love in the breadth

in the breadth of human experience is of human experience is revealed. revealed. In English, the wIn English, the word love ord love isis used in diverse ways;– I love my spouse, I love Shakespeare, I love chocolate. used in diverse ways;– I love my spouse, I love Shakespeare, I love chocolate. The same word

The same word is used to convey is used to convey diverse meanings. diverse meanings. In Greek, there are severalIn Greek, there are several words that can be used to “reﬂect” the intent of the communicator.

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Eros

is love based upon is love based upon duality or sexual attractivenesduality or sexual attractiveness. s. This is the entireThis is the entire basis of Narcissus’ story,– the love that produces the need to understand basis of Narcissus’ story,– the love that produces the need to understand what we cause others to

what we cause others to experiexperience. ence. This love can This love can be seen strongly in today’be seen strongly in today’ss advertising industry which often focuses on attraction (or repulsion) and uses advertising industry which often focuses on attraction (or repulsion) and uses seduction to

seduction to inﬂuence.inﬂuence.

Storge

is the love between family members. is the love between family members. Storge describes love involvingStorge describes love involving commitment, as displayed in the tale that

commitment, as displayed in the tale that makes Narcissus a twin, and makes Narcissus a twin, and manifestsmanifests in today’s world as the unconditional love that says, no matter what you say or in today’s world as the unconditional love that says, no matter what you say or do, I’ll love you always and forever.

do, I’ll love you always and forever.

Philia

is the word Greeks use when speaking of brotherly love, a loveis the word Greeks use when speaking of brotherly love, a love seeking to understand rela

seeking to understand relativity beyond bloodlinestivity beyond bloodlines. . This love helThis love helps us to seeps us to see another’s need as Ameinias, the young man, saw Narcissus’ need to understand another’s need as Ameinias, the young man, saw Narcissus’ need to understand what he had

what he had caused others to experience. caused others to experience. In today’s In today’s world, this is cworld, this is conditiononditionalal love which seeks common ground for engagement, be it disaster

love which seeks common ground for engagement, be it disaster relief eﬀorts,relief eﬀorts, political action committees, or even the phenomena of fans.

political action committees, or even the phenomena of fans. The Greeks have a fourth word for love –

The Greeks have a fourth word for love –

agape

. . Agape Agape is the is the highest fhighest formorm of love.

of love. This love lifts us beyond our own This love lifts us beyond our own needs and desires, beyond narcissism,needs and desires, beyond narcissism, beyond human

beyond humanity. ity. In this experience of loveIn this experience of love, the personal self is transcen, the personal self is transcended,ded, one’

one’s s own own needs are needs are fulﬁlled through fulﬁlled through servserving ing others. others. Anyone Anyone exhibitexhibitinging charisma knows this level of loving.

charisma knows this level of loving. This is why This is why those who dedicate themselvesthose who dedicate themselves to public service – Princess Diana of Wales, Nelson Mandela of South Africa, to public service – Princess Diana of Wales, Nelson Mandela of South Africa, Aung San us Kyi of Burma

Aung San us Kyi of Burma (now Myanmar) – manifest the lessons learned from(now Myanmar) – manifest the lessons learned from Narcissus:

Narcissus: the attractive power of inﬂuence, the comthe attractive power of inﬂuence, the commitment in unconditionalmitment in unconditional love, and the compassion of conditional love.

love, and the compassion of conditional love. Agape is the recognition of the Grea

Agape is the recognition of the Great Spirit within every living being. t Spirit within every living being. Its highestIts highest manifestation is found in the sentiment, “I love you just because you are.” manifestation is found in the sentiment, “I love you just because you are.” Although people can be born with